WPDI

"Our mission is to empower dedicated people to give them the tools to make them effective peacemakers and entrepreneurs." - @ForestWhitaker youtu.be/c7qekaqXVUg

We're grateful to @SES_Satellites for the additional contribution through the Orbits of Impact initiative at Mobile World Congress, and for delivering internet connectivity to our Community Learning Centers in South Sudan & Uganda, creating a more connected and peaceful future🕊️

“Peer mediation training helped me in my personal life, it helped me view things in a healthier way.” WPDI’s Domestic Harmonizer Program (DHP), students are learning to listen actively, manage emotions, and guide their peers through conflict with empathy 🔗domesticharmonizer.org

Community care often begins unseen. In South Africa, a psychosocial training helped women understand trauma, build coping skills, and begin their own healing, then take those lessons back to support others. “I now feel more confident to listen and guide.” wpdi.org/news/strengthe…

Sport is a universal language⚽ At the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, it’s also a pathway to healing. Hear from a WPDI youth soccer player and program coordinator. Through sport, young people move beyond trauma, connect, and rebuild trust. This is peace in action. #SportsDay

On #WorldHealthDay, we recognize that there cannot be peace without health 🕊️ Through trauma healing and health education, WPDI helps individuals rebuild, restore dignity, and strengthen communities because healing within makes lasting peace possible 🌍

Reliable internet can change what’s possible. WPDI's partnership with @SES_Satellites is bringing satellite connectivity to our Community Learning Centers in South Sudan and Uganda—supporting communities with the tools to connect, learn, and grow. 👉 wpdi.org/news/ses-bring…

WPDI joins the global #ProveItMatters campaign, empowering kids to learn their rights & share their voices. In South Africa, students made origami doves for a UN art installation on #InternationalDayofPeace, calling for every child to be safe, seen & valued 💛 @childreninwar

💡 Nearly 70M displaced people are excluded from financial services, the very tools needed to rebuild lives. In Uganda & South Sudan, WPDI’s VSLAs help communities save, borrow, and invest. “We’re planning for growth instead of surviving day by day.” wpdi.org/news/strengthe…

Peace isn’t just something we hope for, it’s something we learn 🤍

245 vendors in Torit, South Sudan, many of them women, now have safer, cleaner market stalls to grow their businesses 🌿 The new infrastructure creates a safer, more organized, and sanitary space, addressing the challenges vendors faced. 🔗 Read more: wpdi.org/news/investing…

The legacy of apartheid still shapes South Africa. For those challenging racism daily, this day hits close to home. On International Day For The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, hear from Khadija Mayman & Colvin Snell of WPDI South Africa →

2025 reminded us how fragile peace can be. Yet communities around the world continued choosing resilience and hope. In 2025, WPDI reached 178,000+ people across Africa, Europe, and North America, empowering youth and women as peacemakers and leaders. wpdi.org/app/uploads/WP…

2,400+ students and 277 educators across 13 California schools marked the World Day of Social Justice through WPDI’s Domestic Harmonizer Program. From advocacy artwork to spoken word, students explored fairness, empathy, and belonging. wpdi.org/news/over-2400…

On #InternationalWomensDay, women across WPDI’s global network share a message to the next generation of female peacebuilders. Globally, women are mediating conflicts, supporting one another, and creating opportunity. When women rise together, peace rises too. 🕊️💜

At WPDI, we stand for Zero Discrimination as a standard, not an aspiration. Inclusion alone is not enough. Communities thrive when women, youth, and marginalized groups have equitable access to leadership, education, livelihoods, and decision-making. #ZeroDiscriminationDay

“I feel stronger and better prepared for the future.” In Acholi, where decades of conflict left deep psychological scars, survivors are healing through trauma-informed care, psychosocial support, and community-based health education. Peace begins within: wpdi.org/news/i-feel-st…

Torit celebrates a vegetable market in Eastern Equatoria 🌿 Built with support from @SwissDevCoop, the facility improves trading conditions and boosts local commerce. Traders, especially women, now have a sanitary space that strengthens dignity, safety, and economic resilience.

70 graduates. 12 winners of the WPDI Business Plan Competition. At the Forum Emploi & Entrepreneuriat pour Toutes in Saint-Ouen, this cohort joins a growing WPDI France Network. The selected entrepreneurs will receive seed funding to grow their ventures: wpdi.org/news/wpdi-anno…

At WPDI, we witness how injustice fractures communities and how education restores them. In his op-ed, Founder and CEO @ForestWhitaker reflects on why understanding Black history is essential to advancing justice and lasting change: wpdi.org/news/black-his… #BlackHistoryMonth

Social progress starts with what we do every day. Through our work in peace and development, our incredible team champions equal access to opportunity for all. On #WorldDayOfSocialJustice, we celebrate the people turning action into impact.